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Comment by Joan Denoo on December 8, 2012 at 2:49pm

My goodness! What incredible birds and people who share the islands. Of course I had to look up information and found this tidbit:

"Described by early visitors as the Papuan Wonderland, the Southern Highlands were among the last regions to be explored, and they are still home to some of the most fascinating tribal cultures of New Guinea. The area itself is spectacular, with lush vegetation, dramatic high mountain valleys, towering mountains, and the roaring headwaters of several rivers. The largest ethnic group are the Huli, whose Edenic territory in the Lavani Valley was discovered only in 1954. Like many of Papua New guinea's peoples, the Huli are distinguished by their unique forms of personal adornment--in this case, spectacular wigs fashioned of feathers, human hair, flowers, and the fur of the marsupial cuscus."

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Just look into the eyes of that handsome fellow, they are soft, not fierce, and I imagine he would have stories to tell. Thanks Tony, I am reposting.

The bird, another example of evolution in isolation. Splendid!

Comment by Tony Carroll on December 8, 2012 at 11:29am

Hey Joan, Idaho. It's a Bird of Paradise. One of the many under that heading. From Papua-New Guinea. King of Saxony bird of paradise. The native peoples use the feathers in dress and ceremony, as below:

Beautiful birds, handsome people.

 

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 8, 2012 at 8:39am

Outstanding bird Tony.

I tried posting this yesterday afternoon, but my ISP has been giving me trouble.

Comment by Joan Denoo on December 8, 2012 at 3:24am

An amazing bird, Tony! Where in the world is it from? 

Comment by Tony Carroll on December 7, 2012 at 12:23pm

Comment by Joan Denoo on December 6, 2012 at 1:07pm

Spud, that is interesting; I hadn't thought about bugs and spiders. Maybe there is something to it. 

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 6, 2012 at 11:09am

and also spot bugs and spiders easier.

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 6, 2012 at 11:08am

Joan, that's interesting that the birds didn't take the blue threads.  Maybe they're like me and like white so they can tell when things are getting dirty :)

Comment by Joan Denoo on December 5, 2012 at 11:16pm

I'm glad birds find butts beneficial, so if they use them for nesting material is there some other product that helps keep lice down and nests warm? Would dried nicotiana leaves work?  

My old lawn furniture fabric started to split and birds came and harvested not only threads from the fabric but also stuffing. We found bird nests all over the place, including in my dryer vent, where birds had white threads and white stuffing in tidy little nests. They didn't take the blue threads. The nests were really quite pretty and I kept some of the material to hang under a branch of the Colorado Blue Spruce that they could continue to harvest. It is all gone now. 

Comment by Steph S. on December 5, 2012 at 7:28pm

Thanks for the link to the article about Urban birds Idaho.

Thanks for the link to the video Patricia about the crow feeding pets.

Wonderful stuff!

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